tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger6719999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-11350194069420778902020-06-15T13:02:00.005+02:002020-06-15T13:36:43.723+02:00Alkalizing Accelerates Fat Loss: Multimineral Supplement Boosts Fat Loss & Performance in Intermittent FastersWorks, ... whether that's solely due to pH modulation is not clear. So we don't know if simply using bicarbonate as an alkalizer will do the sameLet's get this straight, right away. While the authors ascribe the body weight and performance benefits they observed in their latest study solely to the pH modulating effects of their multimineral supplement, it's by no means clear that the minerals Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33453471230032990872018-04-19T05:44:00.000+02:002018-04-19T05:49:29.178+02:00Hot News About Cold Tea: Cold Maté Tea Increases Energy Expenditure 2x More than Hot Maté | No Strings Attached?
I don't want to spoil your beloved maté tea for you, but if you expect it to shed slabs of body fat off your frame, this belief may well spoil your fat loss efforts for you ;-)
I've previously addressed the potential benefits of cold-brewing your coffee and the effect of water temperature on the extraction of bioactive substances from coffee in my "Coffee 101" (Moussa 2017). For (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66188522466250794802018-03-02T04:25:00.001+01:002018-03-02T04:31:26.599+01:00Capsaicin: 150kcal/d Extra Energy Expenditure, no Effect on Appetite/Hunger in Teens/Twens Receiving 2mg/d, Though
You will remember that this is not the first time capsaicin made it into the SuppVersity news - as a fat burner and potential ergogenic that is | learn more.
That capsaicin is a relatively powerful metabolic isn't news. In Nutrition Research Rigamonti et al. write: "Studies in animals and humans have shown that capsaicin decreases food intake and increases energy expenditure, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84774779106310578522017-10-18T10:45:00.000+02:002017-10-20T02:14:49.913+02:00Cathine (Alvalin®) a Legitimate 'New Ephedra'? 9.1kg vs. 2.4 kg Weight Lost, 165% Greater Waist Reduction in Humans
You don't have to switch to eating pills, only. Don't worry. What you will still have to do, though, is to (a) clean up your diet, (b) stop eating everything in sight, and (c) achieve a caloric deficit. With its ability to reduce hunger and appetite, cathine may yet help you make that happen.
Let's be honest: ever since the classic ECA stacks have been banned from the market, there are Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-80191200322125533752017-07-04T03:25:00.001+02:002017-07-04T03:39:23.595+02:0010mg Melatonin Increase Diet-Induced Weight Loss in 30-D Study from 4% to 7% + Have Profound Antioxidant Effects
If you want to take melatonin, take it before bed and thus in sync with your circadian rhythm| learn more
If that's not your first visit at the SuppVersity, the fact that the sleep hormone melatonin is a powerful antioxidant won't be news for you. The fact that it may facilitate weight loss has been discussed in a previous SuppVersity article from September 2015 (read it), too. In Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39984243083914973222017-04-14T04:00:00.000+02:002017-04-14T04:13:53.120+02:00'Bizzy Diet' Sheds 2% Body Fat (2kg) in Only 3 Weeks, Study in 51 Women (BF 25%) Shows - W/ and W/Out 'FitMiss Burn'
The "Bizzy Diet" works, the supplements that are suggested in the program at BB.com are useless, though.
You know that I am a fan of supplement companies that try to support the often hilarious claims on their product labels with science. Against that background, I feel there's nothing wrong with MusclePharm sponsoring, ah... I mean "funding" a recent study by researchers from the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69468284266680705732017-03-08T03:39:00.000+01:002017-08-16T02:01:24.905+02:00Role of Muscle and CNS in Diet-Induced Decline of Exercise-Induced Energy Expenditure | Caffeine & Nicotine May Help!
While "calories count" when it comes to losing body fat, the notion that you would always burn the same amount of energy with a given workout - irrespective of your energy intake - is completely bogus and only one of the reasons why meticulous calorie counting won't work.
Let's address it right away: Yes, the paper Tariq I. Almundarij et al. published in the peer-reviewed journal "Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-72610162017899606402016-12-10T02:49:00.000+01:002016-12-10T02:49:40.975+01:00DMAA / OxyElitePro - The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly - More Powerful (+180% Perf.) Than You'd Think, but ...
Back in the day, when the original Oxy-ELITE Pro was pulled from the market, people paid crazy amounts of money for the bottles that were left on Ebay - a big mistake! Not because it would fry your liver, but rather because it's 'stim' effects will - just as those of other DMAA products - turn against you, w/ chronic use.
You may (rightly) be asking yourselves, why I am addressing an (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-87578558883678099652016-11-22T04:51:00.000+01:002016-11-22T04:56:11.848+01:00Allegedly 'Harmless' Thyroid-Based Fat Burner 3,5-T2 Works Like a Charm, While Commonly Sold 3,3-T2 Could Mess W/ Your Blood Glucose Levels, Liver & Body Fat + Muscle
These are the kind of abs, you will see on products with T2 and/or T2 and other alleged fat-burners. Don't be fooled by the ads - even if it's the actually active form of diiodothyronine (T2), namely 3,5-T2, you're buying, the pills alone won't get you to the sub-10% body fat range you may be dreaming of.
I've written about the thyroid hormone metabolite diiodothyronine aka T2 Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-46610361464579078752016-03-21T04:58:00.002+01:002016-03-21T13:07:18.549+01:002-aminoisoheptane aka DMHA or Octadrine, a Legit DMAA Successor? Structure, Effects & Sides Suggest: "Maybe"
DMHA is rather a stim than a fat burner. But I guess it will be marketed as both.
If you are following the supplement market closely, you will have seen the first products with a new stimulant on the shelves. 2-aminoisoheptane or DMHA - a supposedly worthy successor to DMAA aka "geranamine" (the stuff in the old Jacked3D) with unquestionable structural similarities to the original banned Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73161744493252352712016-03-04T04:54:00.001+01:002016-03-04T16:25:59.701+01:00Non-Stimulant, Non-Effective?! Can Non-Stimulant Dietary Herbal Supplements Boost Your Resting Metabolic Rate?
There are two types of alleged fat burners: Type I are the stimulants with proven beneficial effects on you resting metabolic rate and beneficial "side effects" on energy levels and (reduced) appetite. Type II are non-stimulant "fat burners". Two of those have been tested in a recent study ... learn what the study says.
Amanda J. Salacinski, Steven M. Howell, Danielle L. Hill, & Steven M. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-44639662354155412912016-01-13T17:52:00.003+01:002016-01-13T17:52:59.655+01:00Phosphorus, an Anti-Obesity Agent? 3x375 mg With Each Meal Strip Almost 4 cm Off Obese Waists in Only 12 Weeks
You knew that all these fat burning high protein foods are high in phosphorus?!
1 cm per week? What sounds like an advertisement for the next best useless fat burner, is in fact the rate at which the 47 obese, but otherwise "healthy" subjects in a recent study from the American University of Beirut had to tighten their belts (Ayoub. 2015)... Ok, I know that this is not DNP-like Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74943239609118555072015-12-03T17:11:00.001+01:002015-12-04T05:27:50.848+01:00Caffeine + Green Tea = Plus 10% Fat Oxidation & Energy Expenditure at Rest and During Sprint Interval Exercise
From a health perspective it may be good that green tea does not contain all-too much caffeine. From a fat loss perspective, it clearly lacks caffeine.
When it comes to dietary supplements, people like to pay tons of money for unproven ingredients with funky names and dubious or non-existent safety profiles; agents that have been scientifically proven to work, are safe and cheap, on the other Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-53284347202302445122015-11-01T10:02:00.000+01:002015-11-01T12:28:32.446+01:00Is »BAIBA« the Next Big Thing in Fat Loss Supplements? 24% Reduction in Fat Gain is an Impressive Number, But...
Could BIBA be the active ingredient in a pill that solves your weight problems once and for all? Or is that too good be true?
Beta-aminoisobutyric acid, aka BAIBA, is a natural catabolite of thymine. As with many other purported "next big things in fat loss supplements", early rodent studies suggest that it can significantly reduce body fatness through a mechanism that appears to involve Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-4823661616717231402015-10-05T13:44:00.001+02:002015-10-06T13:11:58.745+02:00Calculated Energy Requirements ±15% & More Off of True Resting Energy Expenditure | Genotyping May Help Maintain Muscle While Dieting -- ISSN'15 Research Review Issue #5
In view of the inaccuracy of the standard equations that are used to calculate our energy requirements we are approaching the age of the "misquantified self".
If I had to find a common theme in the studies discussed in this installment of the ISSN'15 Research Overview, I guess it would be "get lean and stay lean". If you asked for a common bottom line, it would be: It's complicated.
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-1218445480622967262015-08-07T16:43:00.001+02:002015-08-07T16:47:52.574+02:00Albuterol + Caffeine May be a Promising and Safe (?) Anti-Obesity Stack!? 13% Acute Increase Energy Expenditure in Humans, Long-Term Muscle Gains & Fat Loss in Rodents
You won't be able to peel off the fat in days on the "AC stack", but it's ability to help you burn 13% extra energy and ramp up protein synthesis will help.
No, Ann G. Liu and her colleagues from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center are not totally out of their mind and after reading today's Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22047599050078538982015-05-15T12:02:00.000+02:002015-05-15T15:01:44.086+02:00True or False? Raspberry Ketones - A Supplemental Non-Starters That Sheds Measurable Amounts of Body Fat in Only Three Weeks Even if Subjects Don't Diet or Exercise?
Is it true that you can lose fat without dieting or additional exercise if you supplement with raspberry ketones?
You will probably have read one or several abusive articles on "Dr. Oz' Wonder Supplement". Now, the results of a recent honor thesis the original claim that raspberry ketones provide a safe alternative to stimulant-based drugs and could have potential benefits in the treatment of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-50574180481721824322015-05-12T13:57:00.000+02:002015-05-12T14:10:09.906+02:00Black Pepper - Study Confirms the Anti-Obesity Effects of Selected Extracts, But Are They Also Potent Fat Burners?
Black pepper in its original form is not exactly a useful fat burner. Only after it is processed and the active ingredients are concentrated in an extract, it may act as an anti-obesity agent. The question is: Does it also qualify as a fat burner?
If you are a supplement junkie you will probably have more than one dietary supplement that contains piperine, one of the alkaloids from black Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63106488698324548732014-09-05T17:05:00.000+02:002015-08-25T05:24:05.360+02:00Maté Boosts Fat Oxidation During Cardio: What's the Intra-Workout Effect From 1 Gram of Ilex Paraguariensis Worth?
Do you want to burn some extra fat during your workouts? Ilex can help. But will it also help you lose body fat?
After the nicotine article a week ago, it's about time to take a look at less "toxic" fat burners. As the case may be, researchers from the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at the Sheffield Hallam University have just published a paper about the ability of Yerba Maté (Illex Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17536632650585170262014-08-25T17:23:00.000+02:002016-09-24T03:57:07.296+02:00True or False: You Can (Ab-)Use Nicotine Chewing Gums to Get Shredded Without Compromising Your Health
Nicotine gums are made for smokers. Smokers are leaner than non-smokers. Chewing nicotine gums helps you lean out... broscience? Logic? Or bullshit?
It's one of the better-known pieces of broscience: "Nicotine chewing gums will promote weight loss!" Aside from being "better-known", it's yet also highly controversial. In that, people usually don't question the fact that nicotine chewing gums Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-88789316704037151632014-07-02T16:49:00.000+02:002014-07-02T16:50:19.950+02:00Combination Therapy With Calcium and Vitamin D - A Way Lose Fat Cells Once and For All? HED of 10.000 IU Vitamin D3 + 200mg Calcium Increase Adipose Tissue Apoptosis
Two reasons this may work for Batman, even if it does not work for you: (1) He's probably D-ficient, (2) Bats are closer related to rodents than men ;-)
If someone speaks of "apoptosis" that's a funky way of telling you that the cell he is talking about has bitten the dust. If I am telling you that the HED, i.e. the human equivalent dosage of ~10.000 IU vitamin D3 (10x more than officially Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20329192575352697032014-04-14T15:20:00.000+02:002018-09-16T01:21:13.731+02:00True or False: Yohimbine Sheds "Stubborn" Ab & Thigh Fat in Women (+Men)? Plus: Is the Way You Administer the Alpha-2 Antagonist the Main Determinant of Fat Loss?
If all the training and dieting in the world won't let the thigh-fat (women) and abdominal blubber (men) melt, it's about time to buy some yohimbine...true?
It's part of the bro-scientific basics: If you use yohimbine, its effects on the alpha-receptors will help you to preferentially burn "stubborn" body fat. This is supposed to be true for women, in particular. Unlike men, who are carrying Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-32941491419461798552014-03-02T15:56:00.001+01:002014-03-02T16:09:42.277+01:00"Now You Can Eat All The Crap in The World and Still Lose Weight" Psychological Liberation After Taking a Purported "Fat Burner" is an Overlooked Risk Factor for Obesity
Yeah! I am in the active arm of the study! Now I Can Eat All The Crap in The World and Still Lose Weight!
I have been waiting for this study to be conducted for years and am by no means surprised that a group of scientists from the Tunghai University and the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan found that "[u]sing weight-loss supplements may produce unintended consequences on
dietary Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-5179085047759436852013-07-20T16:41:00.000+02:002013-07-20T16:41:03.685+02:00Capsaicin - 2.56mg to Keep Your Metabolism Running on a Diet. Cold Thermogenesis - 5°C for 6kcal/h. Mobile Phones - 0.853 W/kg Pulsed EMR to Mess Up Neurotransmitters
You don't have to worry, the "guidelines" do not require you to perform either your 150 minutes of moderate cardio, or your 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, and not even your two weekly full-body workouts in these shorts.
24% that's the SuppVersity Figure of the Week and it is actually not so low as I would have expected it to be, after all those 24% describe the ratio of USAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34524459404396690822013-04-22T18:03:00.001+02:002013-04-22T18:09:02.130+02:00Diet + Exercise + Kitchen Sink Fat Burner Promote Weight Loss in Two-Months Study on Overweight Adults. Additional 2kg Fat Loss - Are Ozzy's Raspberries to "Blame"?
No this is not Liza Oz after taking Mehmet's beloved RK supplements ;-)
The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition is one of the few "major" scientific journals, where scientists can actually publish those studies, "healthy freaks" (no, not "health freaks", but people who are still healthy and thus freaks ;-) like us are interested in. Studies such as the one Hector L Lopez Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33369856467388164752013-04-03T15:36:00.000+02:002013-10-29T07:27:46.578+01:00True or False!? Glucosamine Doesn't Help Cartilage Repair. Carcacrol Based Weight Loss Products Shed Body fat. N-Acetyl-L-Glutamine Is Not Worth the Extra Bucks.
Compared being obese and chronically inflamed heavy squats entail a comparably low risk of "wearing off your" joints. (Spector. 1996)
If I just go by the mere visitor counts the new "True or False" category appears to turn out to be one of the best innovations of the past weeks. That being said, I am happy that many of you have been submitting questions, but had to realize that even Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-65469497785701940612013-02-13T19:28:00.001+01:002013-02-13T19:42:35.304+01:00Forgotten Dieting Aids: Choline, Carnitine, Caffeine and the Anti-Weight-Loss Plateau Effects of Sugar and Phosphates
I bet both Flex Wheeler (left) as well as Serge Nubret (right) still knew what choline is. Something you probably cannot say of many of today's gymrats.
In view of the fact that the brief "Oldie but Goldie" post on the efficiency of a stack of carnitine, choline and caffeine as a weight loss adjuvant on the SuppVersity Facebook Wall caught so much attention, I thought that especially those of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16344954261587032752013-01-22T18:35:00.000+01:002013-01-22T18:38:23.906+01:00Arginine a BAT Building WAT Killer & Repartitioning Agent? Plus: The Arginine Enriched Biscuits Diet ;-)
Whenever the word "vascularity" appears on one of the boards, this image pops up. Now we know that arginine alone won't make your veins pop, but could it be that we have hitherto overlooked that it could help you meet another more important criteria to look like that - namely to drop body fat?
In a 2012 paper Mohammad Alizadeh and his colleagues published a paper in the Annals of Nutrition &Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13179219155636448772013-01-09T17:51:00.001+01:002013-01-09T17:51:12.653+01:00Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), Capsaicins, Piperine & Carnitine: Rather a Health Than a Fat Loss Stack?
That's not what the ultimate weight loss diet looks like. The pill remains a supplement, i.e. something to supplement (and support) your dietary and exercise efforts, nothing more, but - as long as you pick the right one for your type and goal - also nothing less (photo ehow.com)
Let me first remind you of the fact that something that works in your obese neighbor does not necessarily work as Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35636566834037361662012-11-24T17:59:00.000+01:002012-11-25T07:03:35.766+01:00Get Lean & Stay Lean Quickie: OTC Fat Loss Supps Under Scrutiny. Sleepless Yet Lean in India?! Sesamine - Falsely Forgotten? High Carb Nighttime Snacks for Fridge Raiders?
Without an optimized dietary routine, a sound training plan and tons of discipline no fat burner is going to get you abs like these (suggested read: The SBSG Fat Loss Support Routine)
I suppose by today, the last remnants of your turkeys should be gone and you and your relatives ~0.5kg heavier (Hull. 2006). Against that background it appears only logical to turn this week's installment of On Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30180057102533852112012-08-10T20:10:00.001+02:002012-08-11T09:42:19.881+02:00Tangeritin, Natural Metformin from the Rind of Mandarin Oranges Hits the OFF-Switch on Diet Induced Obesity
Image 1: Tell me the truth! How much "natural metformin" did you throw away with those mandarine rinds in your life? Update (08/11/2012) Scroll down to the red box on dosing, I added, to check out why you better start saving your mandarine rinds now to be able to do a "tangeritine cycle" in a couple of years ;-)
I guess it is about time for another longer post on the "Supp" part of SuppVersityAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-90380320587175074832012-07-11T16:54:00.001+02:002015-01-19T05:15:03.379+01:00Higher Calcium Intake Greater Fatty Acid Oxidation!? True: Chronic & Acute Effect Size Comparable to Caffeine
Image 1: When people hear they should increase their calcium intake, they either think of pills and tablets or milk and dairy in general. The fact that all greens, nuts and many seeds contain tons of calcium, as well, is commonly overlooked (for more high calcium foods see table 1, below).
"Increase your calcium intake, if you want to lose body fat!" I honestly don't even remember, when I've Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-15172700310133983802012-06-20T17:16:00.001+02:002012-06-20T17:38:57.111+02:00Pre-Workout Caffeine: Fat Liberator, Substrate Modulator, Trans-Fatty Acid Eliminator & Performance Upregulator! Do You Use it? Why are You Still no Ripped Olympian, Then?
Image 1 (mensfitnessandmore): I would not recommend to empty a whole can of "liquid animals", like bulls or horses, let alone monsters or other popular "creatures" from the kiosk next to your gym, if you don't want to crash from the sudden influx into and as rapid disappearance of sugar from your system - that's by the way what cyclists call "to bonk" and guess what, they do ingest tons of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86446731501369173282012-06-10T16:39:00.002+02:002015-06-19T14:36:59.431+02:00Cold Thermogenesis - A Safe Ephedra Alternative? 70kcal Increase in 24h Energy Expenditure is Negligible, 50% Lower Than Ephedrine - Not Worth the Torture, Bro!
Image 1 (odditycentral): Jin Songhao, one of China’s most seasoned icemen and not exactly as lean as you may expect based on what you currently read around the blogosphere, managed to beat the previous world record for the longest ice bath - 120min! Congrats, Jin!
Ephedrine for years the go-to OTC fat burner for physique athletes and average Joe's and Jane's alike is no longer (officially) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86965009409935491622012-03-10T18:19:00.001+01:002012-03-10T18:33:52.908+01:00OxyElite, Jack3D and PowerFULL - USPLabs' "Own" Studies Find: The Products Are Safe and OxyElite Does Even Work!
Image 1: When the sales of the "crown jewels" in their line-up is at stake, even the average supp company CEO becomes interested in "science"
You know that I am a huge fan of supplement companies spending some of your (the customers) hard earned money on actual research. The latest "science offensive" from USPLabs, however, has a negative connotation. I mean, you should expect that you Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-6400163327688369612012-02-09T17:52:00.001+01:002012-02-09T17:57:38.829+01:00Adelfo Cerame - Road to Wheelchair Nationals '12: Tweaks to Avoid Overtraining. Plus: 5 Staple Supplements and How to Effectively Combine them With Whole Foods.
Image 1: If you have followed the whole series you know that there are 6 months and tons of hard work and dedication between the pic on the left and the one on the right. Time and effort not "the right genes" it what most people lack, or simply decide not to invest.
When I look back at the past couple of weeks, or, when I come to think about it, months, and the progress my friend Adelfo Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-38283663617950602832011-12-01T15:17:00.001+01:002011-12-01T16:59:37.175+01:00Adelfo Cerame - Road to The Wheelchair Nationals '12: Back From Thanksgiving and in Better Shape Than Ever!
Image 1: Some people just know how to improve their physique even when pigging out on thanksgiving. Or can you see any collateral damage the turkey, the pie and the pie and the turkey from last week have done?
Assuming that all of you have eventually overcome the physical and psychological consequences of your thanksgiving festivities, you should be about as ready as can be to kickstart the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34078125310599038272011-10-17T17:00:00.004+02:002012-06-27T06:29:32.221+02:00Inflammation Is a True Fat Burner: BSO-Induced Glutathione Depletion Wards off Fat Gains on Hypercaloric Diet
Image 1: This little bugger obviously has too little inflammation going on ;-)
Are you "on fire"? Inflammation has been implicated as the root cause of
almost all modern disease: obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer,
you name it. Soothing the flames via natural and supplemental
anti-oxidants has thusly been proposed and marketed as a solution for
many of the aforementioned health Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-44093760481833693792011-09-10T16:51:00.000+02:002013-04-17T07:34:32.372+02:00-20% Reduction in Serum Testosterone by 5 Cups of Green Tea. Endocrine Effects Depend on Catechin Composition.
Image 1: Another SuperFood gone bad? More than 2-3 cups of green tea could do more harm than good to health-conscious male tea-consumers.
While I obviously do not know whether you have come in contact with the
rumors surrounding the effects of green tea extract (GTE) on the male
reproductive system, I assume that many of you (despite the fact that
this is obviously not necessary if you readAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-40981645172408801032011-07-25T18:03:00.005+02:002011-07-27T08:56:56.205+02:00Ephedra is Back! 'Mahabala', Featuring PEA, Ephedrine, Choline, Betaine & More, Is Nature's Hypolipidemic, Anti-Diabetic and Cardioprotective Fat Burning Stack
Image 1: Sida rhomboidea
leafs contain ephedrine and
other fat loss related alkaloids
(Tan Hoard Exports)
If you are a supplement producer, I suppose you will soon drop me an email to get the phone number of Ranjitsinh V. Devkar from the Division of Phytothrapeutics and Metabolic Endocrinology at the Department of Zoology of the M. S. University of Baroda in Gujarat, India. And, I must Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73107943950470493932011-07-09T09:07:00.016+02:002011-07-10T13:22:34.515+02:00Higenamine: PES Introduces New "Fat Burner" to the Market. Potent Thermogenic or Dangerous Stimulant?
Image 1: The reformulated PES Alpha T2
contains higenamine, alpha yohimbine
and 3.3-diiodo-l-thyronine
I just received an advertisement email containing some information about the reformulation of PES popular fatburner Alpha T2 (make sure to read "T2 a Fat Burner for Bulking?" for some details on the thyroid stimulating properties of 3.5-diiodo-l-tyronine the metabolically more active "brotherAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20951400551123852372011-06-16T07:15:00.005+02:002011-06-19T14:46:10.824+02:00Spicing Up Fat Loss: Structural Similarity to Melanocortin-4 Agonists Powers Piperine's (Black Pepper Extract) Fat Loss and Lipid Lowering Effects
Image 1: The molecular structure of
piperine makes it a potential
melanocortin-4 (MC4) agonist.
Despite the fact that the American fast food mentality has long conquered the Indian subcontinent, and obesity and diabetes are on a rise, the ideal of the curry eating, spicy food loving, lean Indian still figures in the minds of people in the "old" (Europe) and "new" world (America). Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-60885048301612628672011-05-26T07:26:00.001+02:002011-05-26T07:26:47.321+02:00CLA For Weight Loss: Safe, but Ineffective. Conjugated Linolic Acid Fails to Improve Body Composition or Lipid Profile in 8-Week Human StudyThe early 2000s were the fat years: "Want to lose fat? Eat fat!" became the credo of more and more nutritional gurus, who put their faithful clients "on" EFAs, PUFAs and a certain fatty acid (FA) that, despite, or rather due to its presence in our food chain, had hitherto received little attention by the medical orthodoxy: conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). All of a sudden, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-57452496944890407422011-05-11T03:32:00.005+02:002011-05-11T07:16:51.751+02:00Eat Right to Burn Fat: Low Carb Meal Before Workout Shifts Substrate Utilization During Exercise More Towards Fatty AcidsIn view of everything, you as regular visitor of the SuppVersity have learned about nutrition and exercise science, you probably would not need the results of the following study, to know better than to consume a sugary pre-workout drink, if your main goal is to lose fat and get ripped. Just in case, however, your friends or relatives belong to the group of unconvertible carbohydrate addicts, whoAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17261257423997979572011-04-16T02:24:00.005+02:002011-04-16T13:15:42.874+02:00I-Force Dexaprine Ingredient Write-Up.
Figure 1: I-Force Nutrition's
newest fat burner Dexaprine
Just received an email from the marketing guys @I-Force Nutrition informing me that "Dexaprine is finally here...". Well, to be honest, I had not been waiting for it, but the email intrigued me and I would like to give you a brief rundown on the ingredients, which are "guaranteed to give you more energy, increased appetite suppression,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69834218172153113732011-03-23T06:04:00.002+01:002011-03-23T06:51:04.911+01:00Protein's Effects on Gene Expression: Higher Protein Lower Carbohydrate Diet Spares Gylcogen, Lowers Insulin and Reduces LipogenesisHigh protein diets have become the "gold standard" within the fitness community. On the countless bodybuilding, fitness and weight loss related bulletin boards on the Internet, athletes, gymrats and even overweight house-wives report outstanding benefits of a higher than normal protein intake on weight gain and/or fat loss. French scientists (Stepien. 2011) have now taken a closer look at the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84411901894936874242011-03-10T02:54:00.001+01:002011-03-10T02:54:00.836+01:00Want to Burn More Fat During Your Cardio Training? Eat Low Carb Before Workout!Modulation of substrate utilization is the key to effective weight loss. For years we have been told that "training in the zone" (referring to a specific heart rate) would do the trick - recent research does yet suggest otherwise: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has been shown to be at least as effective in burning off unwanted body fat, as the longstanding "gold standard", Low Intensity Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-58488085363833045992011-03-08T02:45:00.008+01:002011-03-08T07:19:59.120+01:00Low Dose Caffeine Ameliorates Catabolic Effects and Increases AMPK and PPAR Expression During Reduced Food Intake in MiceCaffeine, "the mother of all stimulants", has lately developed a bad reputation. Stress, Cortisol, Adrenal Fatique, Insulin Resistance etc. are only the most recognized buzzwords occurring within the context of caffeine consumption. A very recent paper (Shermann. 2011) coming from scientists from the University of Jerusalem draws a wholly different picture.
Shermann et al. investigated the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-82618459453076611652011-02-18T03:12:00.002+01:002011-02-27T07:34:59.288+01:00Burn Additional 27 kcal with 6mg/kg Caffeine Pre-WorkoutCaffeine is the cornerstone of almost each and every fat-burner on the market. But how effective is it in raising your energy expenditure? A study (Astorino. 2011) conducted at the Department of Kinesiology of the California State University provides an answer: Not very effective.
Astorino et al. had 14 strength-trained men who were regular caffeine consumers perform a strength workout with Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20674288060009924542011-01-16T03:12:00.003+01:002011-01-16T03:12:00.105+01:00Calcium + Vitamin D for Breakfast Increase Dietarily Induced Thermogenesis and Fatty Acid OxidationEver since the first studies suggested beneficial effects of dairy on weight loss, there have been a lot of trials that investigated the role of (supplemental) calcium in these contexts (mostly with discouraging results). A very recent study by Wendy and Soares (Wendy. 2011) took a very similar approach, but added vitamin D to the equation.
In their study, the scientists fed their 11 subjects (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-46522497047811535972010-12-20T03:41:00.000+01:002010-12-20T03:41:00.506+01:00Hydroxycitrate (HCA) for Weight Loss - RevisitedThe hype around hydroxycitrate (HCA) as a remedy for obesity and general weight problems has long abated. Nevertheless, in a recent review (Onakpoya. 2010), scientists from the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Exeter reexamine past studies and come to the (surprising?) conclusion that
The evidence from RCTs suggests that Garcinia extracts/HCA generate weight loss on the short term. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91222686820334073352010-09-23T04:31:00.003+02:002010-09-23T14:06:28.987+02:00Cardio on Empty Improves Insulin SensitivityDoing your cardio sessions on an empty stomach (mostly first thing in the morning) may be debatable, if you are already lean and eat a clean and healthy calorie-restriced diet. If you gorge yourself of fatty high-energy foods, on the other hand, you may be happy to hear that K. Van Proeyen et al. (Proeyen. 2010) found "fasted training is more potent than fed training to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-57430819478693301092010-09-16T04:13:00.019+02:002010-09-16T14:30:31.794+02:00Want to Burn More Fat? Eat More Protein.It's a long standing urban myth (or should I say "gym myth") that by eating more protein you will burn off more fat. While it has in fact been established that a high protein diet helps to prevent loss of lean mass, the results a group of scientists from the Netherlands published in Physiology & Behavior indicate that a high protein intake per se stimulates exercise induced fat oxidation Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34631716088271444962010-09-15T04:21:00.002+02:002010-09-15T04:21:00.380+02:00Once and for all? Calcium + Vitamin D Help you Losing WeightThe debate about whether or not dairy consumption facilitates weight loss was among the first of several ongoing conflicts about what to eat and what not to eat to lose weight. While many more recent studies did not find statistically significant effects of dairy consumption on body composition and weight loss, a new study by Shahar et al. (Shahar. 2010) reminds us of the dream to just have our Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-87750421774012361322010-09-14T04:24:00.001+02:002010-09-14T08:12:55.691+02:00Again: Green Tea Makes you Healthier, Maybe Less Hungry. It Won't make you Leaner!While most green tea products are advertised as "fat-burner" or "weight loss supplements" a recent study by Stendall-Hollins et al. (Stendall-Hollins. 2010) confirmed, what attentive readers of the SuppVersity will already know: Green Tea certainly is healthy, but consumption of the brew or capped extracts, alone, won't make you lose weight:
The effect of daily decaffeinated green tea Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-61308215737890479052010-09-03T04:02:00.004+02:002010-09-05T13:48:04.442+02:00Citrus Aurantium / Synephrine for Weight Loss: What Science Tells UsIt was praised as the ultimate safe replacement for ephedrine and has been present in numerous fat burner for years. Lately, synephrine is disappearing from the next-generation fat burners and there appears to be some reason for that.
A 2004 review by Fugh-Berman & Meyers (2004) had already established:
There is little evidence that products containing C. aurantium are an effective aid to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26300234026610558322010-08-29T04:41:00.005+02:002010-08-29T04:41:00.374+02:00No Short Term Effect on Energy Expenditure by Consumption of Green Tea Extract (Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate)
Figure 1: EGCG molecule
(HMDB v2.5)
Lonac et al. (Lonac. 2010) recently investigated the effect of supplemental Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate - better known as Green Tea Extract - on resting metabolic rate (RMR) and the thermic effect of feeding (TEF). Marketed as effective weight loss tools, it was to be expected that these extract increase one or the other and thus contribute to a greater Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-5032066431807881292010-08-26T04:40:00.006+02:002010-08-26T04:40:00.479+02:00Eggs & Whey: Building Muscle and Losing Fat with Protein Sources Which Are High in LeucineEisenmann et al. report on the effects net effect of feeding rats with different protein sources on changes in body composition and muscle mass:
Leu content of the meals increased muscle weights and was inversely correlated with bodyfat and these outcomes were associated with greater phosphorylation [=sign of "muscle anabolism"] of 4E-BP1 and S6K and MPS in animals fed egg and whey.With egg and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-36373338045312360852010-08-18T12:27:00.000+02:002010-08-18T12:27:00.291+02:00Decreased Catecholamine Release in Obese Individuals: Another Weight Loss ObstacleJabbour et. al. (Jabbour. 2010) found that the exercise induced stress response in obese individuals is significantly reduced. The amount of catecholamines released in the course of 6 x 6sec maximal sprints with 2 min of passive rest between each repetition, was significantly lower in the 11 normal-weight adolescent boys compared to their 9 obese (body fat: 31.0 +/- 3.0%) and 11 overweight (body Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-18507485932955376382010-08-18T04:34:00.003+02:002010-08-18T12:50:29.264+02:00Taurine Increases Fatty Acid Oxidation During Aerobic Exercise
Figure 1: Molecular structure of
L-Taurine (HMDB v2.5)
Regular readers of the this blog, will already be acquainted with the various beneficial health-/performance-effects of taurine. A new study published in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism (Rutherford. 2010) reveals that supplementation with 1.66 g of taurine before 1 hr before cycling at 66.5% ± 1.9% Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-58367083390492919682010-08-06T04:45:00.003+02:002010-08-06T06:32:42.269+02:00Bioperine: Why is it Part of Your Fat Burner?
Chemical structure of piperine
from Piper nigrum (Wikipedia.com)
More and more fat burners and other dietary supplement contain the patented pepper extract Bioperine. Supplement producers as well as patent holders claim that the extract that is highly standardized (95%) for piperine, a polysaccharide from black pepper (Piper nigrum), would (Sabinsa. 2009)
increases blood supply to the GI tractAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-7568232816710373272010-07-25T13:19:00.005+02:002010-08-14T12:56:18.028+02:00The OxyElite-"Scandal"? USP Labs Responds
USP Labs refutes the rumors of
Oxy Elite Pro being spiked
After yesterday scare about USP Labs' newest fat burner Oxy Elite Pro being "contaminated" with alpha-methyl-synephrine, USP Labs has posted counter-evidence (thanks to Alex from the PN-Pinwall for letting me know) in form of a lab reported from 07/23/2010. According to the new data the sample that's been tested contained no Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84770393349599885532010-07-24T08:35:00.008+02:002010-08-14T12:55:46.531+02:00OxyElite Pro: Anonymous User Posts Lab Report at BB.COMNormally this would not be a topic for SuppVersity, but with my personal OxyElite Pro-experience being surprisingly productive (i.e. far more than one would expect from a combination of the ingredients on the label), I considered this LabReport worth posting:
If you compare the lab-analysis with the ingredient list on the label of OxyElite Pro there is one compound which should not be in there,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13471281257119367162010-07-22T14:51:00.000+02:002010-07-22T14:51:00.272+02:00Cirsimarin: An Almost Completely Overlooked Lipolytic AgentIt is interesting that, with the exception of USP Labs, who happen to have a talent to find "unorthodox" ingredients for their products, no supplement company has yet sourced an extract from Microtea debilis. After all, a similar extract ("similar" to the one used in USP Lab's Recreate) was found to
exert strong lipolytic properties being 20 times more potent than caffeinein a 2005 study by Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-551452279137757712010-07-19T17:35:00.002+02:002010-07-19T17:40:38.550+02:00Taurine Another Overlooked Fat Loss Supplement?The osmoregulative effect of taurine has been long established and is also well-known in the community of fitness-enthusiasts and bodybuilders who consume taurine mostly for its "cell-volumizing" effect on skeletal muscle. "Juicers", i.e. (pro-)hormone consumers, also appreciate its ability to reduce the painful back- and chin-pumps associated with some of the so-called "dry", i.e. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51276986513250281282010-07-17T13:21:00.005+02:002010-07-19T17:48:33.754+02:00Arginine as a Fatburner: Recent EvidenceLast week Tan, et al. (Tan. 8 July 2010) published the results of a study on the effect of arginine supplementation on porcine adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. The results shed some light on the purported fatloss effects of an amino acid many of you may know exclusively as a nitric oxide (NO) precursor in various preworkout products. The scientists found that ...
"Arg supplementation Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17828094812725287102010-07-16T14:14:00.008+02:002010-07-18T14:20:40.309+02:00VPX Clenbutrx Hardcore - Brief OverviewBeing asked by a member of a Facebook page I visit regularly (hi Paul!) I thought I could publicly go into some detail on this purported "hardcore fat destroying formula".
So what do we have? Obviously, a proprietary blend, i.e. except from the person who mixes the product, nobody knows the exact dosage of the ingredients. The only thing they tell you is that the whole blend weighs 449mg and of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com